Developer Blizzard Entertainment shared the first animated short from the Dragonflight Legacies series, dedicated to the arrival of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. Join Nozdormu, Aspect of the Bronze Dragonflight, as he encounters a disoriented warrior with fragmented memories. Sensing the warrior’s importance, Nozdormu seeks to guide her by offering a glimpse of his own distant past.
The events shown in the animated short have been explored in depth in the novel cycle Dawn of the Aspects by Richard A. Knaak, showing the rise of not-yet Dragon Aspects and their battle against the proto-dragon Galakrond.
Stay tuned for more Dragonflight Legacies animated shorts! In the teaser dedicated to the arrival of the new series, we’ve also seen more glimpses of Neltharion-turned-Deathwing, the Dracthyr as well as the Primal Incarnates, the elements-infused proto-drakes. You can find it below to watch for yourself.
Legacies is not the first set of animated shorts to introduce main topics of the expansion. For Mists of Pandaria, Blizzard released the Burdens of Shaohao, Warlords of Draenor were introduced in the series called Lords of War, main characters of Legion got explored in Harbingers shorts. Battle for Azeroth revealed the three main characters from unusual sides in Warbringers and, finally, Shadowlands introduced Covenants via Afterlives.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight pre-patch is already out in full force. It is split into two parts that will run until the expansion’s release on November 28.
DRAGONFLIGHT PRE-PATCH PHASE ONE: OCTOBER 25
- Talent System Revamp – Players will be able to explore and set their new class talent trees, including the ability to save different loadouts tailored to their choice of gameplay
- Heads-up Display User Interface (HUD UI) Changes – The first phase of updates for the HUD UI revamp gives players the ability to customize the base UI including location and size of action bars, player frames, and more.
- Accessibility Features – A variety of new features that will include “press and hold” spellcasting, interact keys, gamepad support and more
- Rated Solo Shuffle – A new PVP mode that had previously been a brawl will become queueable as new rated mode joining 2v2, 3v3 and Rated Battlegrounds as a means to earn elite PVP rewards
- New Class/Race Combos: – Players selecting any playable race will be able to make a rogue, priest or mage with more selections coming online as they become available in the future
DRAGONFLIGHT PRE-PATCH PHASE TWO: NOVEMBER 15
- New Race/Class: Dracthyr Evoker
- New Zone: The Forbidden Reach
- Play through the starting zone for WoW’s newest hero class, the Dracthyr Evoker
- New Dungeon: Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
- In-Game Events: Primal Storms
- Ward off attacks from the Primalists with new quests and world events leading into Dragonflight’s launch
